Kingfisher Oklahoma

All Pioneer Telephone and Pioneer Cellular business office and store locations reopened last Tuesday, the cooperative announced. Pioneer joined the Keep Americans Connected Pledge on March 16 and immediately suspended disconnects and late payment fees.

Kingfisher County Farm Bureau presented scholarships to six graduating seniors in the Class of 2020. Scholarships in the amount of $500 were awarded to Ryan Baker of Cashion; Emily Evans and Skye Simunek of Hennessey; and Clayton Abercrombie, Keaton Abercrombie and Harrison Themer of Kingfisher.

Kingfisher Public Schools is apparently close to filling the teaching voids left in the alternative education program. The board of education on Monday will vote on two new hires for Yellowjacket Academy when it holds its regular June meeting at 7 p.m.

Okarche Public School has announced its honor rolls for the second semester of the 2019-20 school year.

A program of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) is encouraging Oklahomans to take part in World No Tobacco Day. Tobacco Stops With Me, the TSET program, is pushing a number of initiatives on Sunday, May 31, and beyond.

A local family raised money for the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation with a 10th annual event. The Cross Family Steer Wrestling Jackpot and Benefit was held May 16 at the Kingfisher Roundup Club Arena at the county fairgrounds.

William “Bill” Wilson of Kingfisher was born Aug. 27, 1958, to Ernest Wilson and Ruth (Tucker) Wilson in Oklahoma City. He passed away May 25, 2020, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital at the age of 61. Bill was raised in Choctaw and lived in Edmond and then Kingfisher. He married Karen Hottel on Aug.

Wanda N. Fuqua, 81, Kingfisher, passed away at her home Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Pleasant Home Baptist Church in Prague with Nathan Howard officiating. Wanda was born Nov. 24, 1938, in Crow to William A. and Vera Mae (Idlett) Fitch.

Eric Eugene Ellis died May 25, 2020, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Huber-Benson Funeral Home in El Reno with Deacon John Teague officiating.

THEY NEVER FORGET, even during a pandemic. American Legion Department West Vice Commander Sam McPherson, top, lays the wreath at the base of the service men and women’s memorial during the local Memorial Day service Monday. Past Adjutant Larry Talbott, bottom, salutes while Taps is played, bottom.